Turntable



www@ P. B., COLE.

TURNTABLE Feb. 27, E923.

5 sheets-sheet l F1 l ed July 19, 1922 Feb. 27, w23,

P: B. COLE TURNTABLE Filed July 19, 1922 5 sheets-sheet 2 Feb. 27, w23. hmmm P. E. COLE TURNTABLE Filed July 19, 1922 l 5 sheets-sheet 5 Patented Feb. 27, i923.

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.PATENT PERINO B. COLE, OF CAlVLBRIDGrE, NEBRASKA.

TURNTABLE.

Application filed `luly 19, 1922.

To all Lu/wm t 'may cou/cera.

Be it known that PnmNo B. Conn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cambridge7 in the county of Furnas and State of Nebraska, has invented certain new and useful Improvements in rilurntables, of which the following is a specification, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certainl improvements in turn tables and has relation more particularly to a device of this general character especially designed and adapted for use in connection with means for storing` automobiles or other vehicles as embodied in my Patent No. 1,378,168, dated May 17, 1921 and it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character of a portable type and wherein means is provided to effect automatically a. swinging movement of the table in accordance with the requirements of practice.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved turn table mounted for rotary movement upon a carriage together with means co-acting with the table and operating during the travel of the carriage to effect a turning movement of the table.

Furthermore, it is an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved device of this general character wherein the rails or trackway mounted upon the carriage are provided with means to assure the proper positioning of a vehicle thereon.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved turn table whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient and advantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be thebetter understood, I will now proceed todescribe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

y Figure 1 is an enlarged fragmentary view in top plan illustrating a turn table constructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention, said table being in a position to discharge a vehicle to a stall or location at one side of a path of travel of the table or to receive a vehicle from said stall;

Serial No. 576,093.

Figure 2 is a view partly in cross section and partly in elevation illustrating my improved turntable as herein disclosed;

Figure 3 is a side elevational view of my improved turn table, the table proper being in a position substantially at right angles as that illustrated in Figure 2;

yFigure et is a view in top plan of the carrier upon which the turn table proper is mounted;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation of the vertical movable members to effect the requisite rotary or swinging movement of the table proper;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating in further detail the means for imparting movement to the vertical members;

Figure 7 is a View partly in section and partly in side elevation of the device as herein disclosed;

Figure 8 is an enlarged fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating a tilting end portion of a rail, said portion being in its lowered position;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary view partly in section and partly in elevation illustrating a tilting end rail portion in a raised position; and

Figure 10 is a view in perspective of an end portion of a rail with the tilting portion lowered.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, 1 denotes the rails of a traclrway and at the opposite sides of which are arranged the stalls S in a manner particularly set forth in my prior patent hereinbefore referred to.

C denotes a carriage of a skeleton construction and which comprises a circular trackway 2. rlihe carriage C is also provided adjacent its opposite sides with grooved wheels 3 which ride upon the rails 1 of the trac-kway. The wheels 3 at each side of the carriage C are in alinement and are rotatably supported by the spaced parallel beams 4L embodied in the structure of the carriage C.

Depending from the carriage C are the members 5 to which is engaged a member or chain 6 which is adapted to impart movement to the carriage C' in either direction as desired along the rails 1.

Extending upwardly from the carriage C at the axial center of the field defined by the trackway 2 is an upstanding stub-shaft or trunnion 7 which is disposed through the axial center of the turn table T proper to provide a mounting about which said table turns or swings.

In the present embodiment of my inrention; the table T comprises four equidistantly spaced arms or beams 8 radiating from the axial 4center of the table 2.

Supported bythe arms or beams 8' are the rails R arranged in parallelism, each of said rails being supported by and positioned between the beams or girders 9 mounted directly upon'the arms or beams 8. The opposite end portions of the inner girders 9 are connected by the arcuate members 10 arranged in pairs with the members of cach pair spaced apart and in concentric relation. The end portions of the outer girders 9 and the adjacent end portions of the arms or beams 8 are also connected byl the arcuate members 10 arranged in substantially the same manner as' Ythe members 10.l YlPositioned between and support-ed by the members 10 and 10 are the rollers 11 which contact with and ride .upon the circular trackway 2 of 'the carriage C so that the table T is capable of requisite rotary movement with a minimum of frictional resistance.

. Each of the beams 8 has Aits outer or free end continued by a pair'of spaced rigid members 12 arranged inV parallelism and whichV affords therebetweenl a groove or channel 14 for a purposeto be hereinafter more'fparticularly referred to. interposed between the adjacent girders 9 and members 12 at the outer extremities thereof are the reinforcing members 15 and connecting the outer extremities ofthe inner girders 9 are the brace or reinforcing members 16.

At a predetermined point -along the trackway and arranged at opposite sides thereof are the vertically movable .trips 17 substantially in alinement transversely of the trackway. These trips 17 are supported for rectilinear movement in a fixed path by the bearings 18 carried by the brackets 19. The brackets 19 are secured to and depending from a iioor 2O upon which the trackwayi is mounted. The opposed faces of the trips 17 at their lower portions are provided with the racks 21 with each of which meshes a pinion 22 fixed to a common shaft 28 sup-` ported by the brackets 24; provided at the lower portions of 'the brackets 19. The shaft 23 is adapted to be manually operated tok raise or lower the trip 17 and preferably in the manner as set forth in my prior patent No. 1,378,168. 1t is to be noted that when one ofthe/trips 17 is raised the other is lowered and vice versa.

When a trip 17 is raised it is in a position to be received within a groove or channel 14 through the outer or open end thereof so that as the carriage C advances the table T will be caused to make a quarter turn.

1n practice the turn table when at the receiving end of the trackway has its rails R disposed lengthwise of the trackway so that the vehicle may be readily run thereon. A trip arm 17 is then raised, depending upon the side of the trackway upon which the vehicle is to be delivered or stored and as the carriage C travels along the trackway theV turn table T is caused to have' the requisite turning movement and the carriage l L is caused to stop when it reaches the desired stall whereupon the vehicle is in a position to be readily run olf of the turn table. When taking a vehicle out the 4operation is substantially the reverse.

` lVhen a vehicle such as an automobile rides upon the rails R on the turn table T it is of advantage to provide means to assure said vehicle from passing off of said turn table or in other words, to be properly p0- sitioned thereon.

For this reason the extremities of each of the rails R are provided with the vertical swinging` sections 25. The sections or portions 25 at adjacent ends of the rails B move in unison and in the same general direction and when one pair of sections 25 are moved in one direction the pair of sections 25 at the opposite end portions of the rails are moved in the opposite direction so that when a pair of sections 25 are raised the second pair will be in lowered position. Each section 25 is operatively engaged as at 26 with a rock arm 27 carried by a shaft 28, said shaftbeing herein disclosed as supported by the girders 9. A shaft 28 is common to each pair of sections 25 and similar end' portions of the shafts 28 are provided with upstanding rock arms 29 arranged'in parallelism and which are connected through the medium of the rigid links 30 to the upstanding` lever 31, said lever 31 being substantially inv parallelism with the rock arms 29. The lever 81 is pivotally supported by one of the girders 9 providing a manual means whereby a pair of sections may be raised or lowered in accordance with the requirements 0f practice before an automobile or other vehicle is run upon the rails R.

From the foregoingv description it is thought to be obvious that a turn table constructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the yconvenience and facility with which it may be assembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change andl modiiication without departing from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and form ation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice eX- cept as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

l. In combination with a carrier, a turn table mounted thereon, rails carried by the turn table, vertical movable sections associated with the opposite end portions of the rails, and means for imparting sin'iultaneous movement to the sections of each of the rails and in reverse directions.

2. In combination with a carrier, a turn table mounted thereon, rails carried by the turn table, vertical movable sections associated With the opposite end portions of the rails, and means for imparting simultaneous movement to the sections at similar ends or' the rails.

3. In combination with a carrier, a turn table mounted thereon, rails carried by thev turn table, vertical movable sections associated with the opposite end portions of the rails, and means common to all of the sections for imparting the movement thereto.

4L. In combination With a carrier, a turn table 'mounted upon the carrier, said turn table being provided at opposite ends with diver-ging channels having their outer ends open, said channels being obliquely arranged, and means positioned along the path of travel ot the carrier and receivable Within the channels to impart turning movement to the table during the travel of the carrier.

5. In combination with a carrier, a turn table mounted upon the carrier, said turn table being provided at opposite ends With diverging channels having their outer ends open, said channels being obliquely arranged7 and means positioned along the path of travel of the carrier and receivable Within the channels to impart turning movement to the table during the tra-vel of the carrier, said channel being substantially radial to the axis ot rotation of the turn table.

6. In combination with a carrier, a turn table mounted upon the carrier7 said turn table being` provided at opposite ends with diverging channels having their outer ends open, said channels being obliquely arranged. and mea-ns positioned at opposite sides of the path of travel of the carrier and receivable Within the channels to impart turning movement to the table during the travel of the carrier.

In testimony whereofl I hereunto aflix my signature.

PERINO B. COLE. 

